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BOX FOR BOTTLE-D LIQUIDS.

No. 323,486. Patented Aug. 4, 1885.

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WITNESSES; INVENTORSI UNITED STATES PATENT PETER AITOHESON AND ROBERT P.AITCHESON, OF ALEXANDRIA, VA.

BOX FOR BOTTLED LIQUIDS.

EBPECIPICA'TION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,486, dated August4, 1885.

Application filed March 10, 1885. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PETER AIToHEsoN and ROBERT P. AITOHESON, ofAlexandria, county of Alexandria, and State of Virginia, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Boxes for Bottled Liquids; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to that class of boxes for holding bottledliquids the individual members of which are adapted to support thebottles when in place in an inverted positionthat is, with their necksdownward; and itconsists, mainly, in the combination, with the usualside and end pieces of the box, of an upper and lower series oflongitudinal and lateral rods for sustaining the sides of the bottles,and a still lower series of longitudinal or lateral bars for supportingthe necks of the bottles, as will be fully described hereinafter.

in the drawings, Figure 1 represents aplan view of our improved box withthe shoulderbars extending laterally across the same; Fig. 2, asectional view of the same, with theshoulder-bars extendinglongitudinally across the box, and the lower series, 0, ofsustainingrods, which are parallel with the shoulderbars in the ordinaryconstruction, omitted; Fig. 3, a sectional view of a boxof ordinaryconstruction, with the exception that the shoulder-bars are held in along slot extending entirely across each end piece; Fig. 4, a plan viewof a crate made in accordance with our invention, the cover beingremoved. Fig. 5, a sectional view of the same, taken on the line X X,Fig. l; and Fig. 6 a sectional view of the crate with the bottom pieces,cover, and fastening device.

To enable others skilled in the art to make our improved boxes, we willnow proceed to describe fully the construction of the same.

A A, Figs. 1 and 2, represent the usual end pieces of a box for holdingbottled liquids, and a a the usual side pieces of the same.

B represents one member of an upper series of lateral sustaining-rods,and I) one member of an upper series of longitudinal sustaining-rods.

6 represents one member of alower series of lateral sustaining-rods, and0 one member of a lower series of longitudinal sustaining-rods. Ifdesired, this latter series of lower longitudinal sustaining-rods maybeomitted,as shown in Fig. 2. The lateral and longitudinal sustainingrodsof the upper and lower series cross each other at right angles in closeproximity to each other,at proper distances apart, for the purpose offorming pockets, as it were, for separating the bottles from each otherand maintaining them in their proper vertical positions, as shown inFigs. 1, 4, and 5.

D represents a still lower series of longi tudinal bars, which areprovided above with any proper bearing-surface for supporting thebottles by contact with the shoulders of the same, as shown in Fig. 5. I-The sustaining-rods and shoulder-bars are themselves supported inposition at their ends by extending the same into proper recesses, Figs.2, 3, 5, and 6, slots, Fig. 3, or openings in the side or end pieces, asshown. The shoulder-bars may be extended laterally across the box, asshown in Fig. 1, or longitudinally, as shown in the other figures.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 our invention is shown as applied to a crate. A arepresent the side and end pieces of the crate. B represents one memberof the upper series of lateral sustaining-rods, and b one member of theupper series of longitudinal sustainingrods. C- represents one member ofthe lower series of lateral sustainingrods, and 0 one member of thelower series of longitudinal sustaining-rods. D represents thelongitudinal shoulder-bars, and E a central partition through which thelongitudinal sustaining-rods and shoulder-bars pass.

Some of the advantages of the described construction are as follows: Therequisite strength for sustaining the heavy weight car ried by the boxor crate is obtained with a minimum amount of material, and inconsequence of this a lighter box than ordinary is obtained. By theemployment of the rods in the manner described no fixed corner-spacesare formed for the accumulation of dirt. By the employment, also, of thewooden rods held at their ends, suflicient flexibility is obtained topermit a crooked bottle or a bottle over size to be thrust into thepockets. The lower longitudinal sustaining-rods running parallel withthe shoulderbars may be omitted, if desired, to reduce the weight andsave material. the lateraland longitudinal sustaining-rods B Having thusfully described our invention, 1) G c, and the shoulder --'bars. D,extending what we claim as new, and desire to secure by through thepartition, as described.

Letters Patent, is- This specification signed and witnessed this 5 1.The combination, with the usual side and 9th day of March, 1885.

end pieces, A A a a, of the series of lateral PETER AITCHESON.

and longitudinal sustaining-rods B I) G c, and R. P. AITOHESON.

the shoulder-bars D, as shown. WVitnesses:

' 2. The crate described, consisting of the ALBERT AITCHESON,

IO side and end pieces, A a, central partition, E, B. PRICE.

